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This invention relates to a therapeutic table for providing traction in a prone position to a patient\s lumbar region. The therapeutic table includes a frame; a table top having an upper-body section rigid with respect to the frame and a lower-body section slideable with respect to the frame, the sa

This invention relates to a therapeutic table for providing traction in a prone position to a patient\s lumbar region. The therapeutic table includes a frame; a table top having an upper-body section rigid with respect to the frame and a lower-body section slideable with respect to the frame, the said sections providing, in use, a separable surface for a patient to lie prone face down on the table top; hand grips rigid with respect to the upper-body section and accessible by a patient with arms above head to provide anchoring for upper body; a pelvic belt anchor rigid with respect to the lower-body section to provide, in use, an anchor to which the pelvic belt can be connected; and cylinder and piston drive for sliding the lower-body section in the frame to cyclically increase and decrease the distance between said hand grips and said pelvic belt anchors to cyclically apply traction to the lumbar region of the spine in use.

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A therapeutic table for use when applying traction to a patient\s lumbar region when the patient is supported on the table in a prone position comprising: a frame; a table top having an upper-body section rigid with respect to said frame and a lower-body section slidably mounted with respect to said

A therapeutic table for use when applying traction to a patient\s lumbar region when the patient is supported on the table in a prone position comprising: a frame; a table top having an upper-body section rigid with respect to said frame and a lower-body section slidably mounted with respect to said frame, said sections providing separable surfaces on which a patient may lie in a face-down prone position; upper-body restraint means for restraining the patient with respect to the upper-body section, said restraint means including a pair of spaced hand grips which are rigid with respect to the upper-body section and extending upwardly from the plane of the table top to be accessible to a patient when resting upon the table with the arms extended above the head along the plane of the axis of the patient\s spine to provide a manually releasable anchor for the upper body; a pelvic belt anchor rigidly mounted with respect to the lower-body section to provide an anchor to which a pelvic belt can be connected; extensible pneumatic cylinder and piston means extending between the frame and the lower-body section and operable to move the lower-body section with respect to the upper-body section to increase or decrease the distance between said upper-body restraint means and said pelvic belt anchor to apply traction through the patient\s arms to the lumbar region of the spine; said upper-body restraint means being completely releasable by the patient as said lower-body section moves with respect to said upper-body section to thereby permit the patient to limit the amount of traction placed on the lumbar region, hydraulic damper means extending between the frame and the lower body section for damping the movement of the lower body section with respect to the frame to control the rate of movement of the lower-body section with respect to the upper-body section; means for alternately applying a predetermined pneumatic pressure to said pneumatic cylinder and piston means in a first direction and a second direction opposite to said first direction to cyclically apply traction to a patient in use; traction measuring means mounted on said pelvic belt anchor and connectable to a pelvic belt trap for measuring the tension in the strap and thereby determining the traction load applied to the patient; means for translating the traction load detected by the traction measuring means into a digital read-out; timing means responsive to the traction measuring means for controlling the timing of the movement of the lower-body section in each said direction.